Film Review: ‘Starring Jerry as Himself’: the Fear of Chinese Police Overseas

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NR | 1 hour 15 minutes | Docudrama | 2023

The proliferation of Chinese police stations operating clandestinely in foreign nations, without the sanction or cooperation of local authorities, is a very real and highly illegal phenomenon. These extralegal outposts frequently monitor and harass members of the Chinese diaspora (Chinese living outside of China), but they have no authority to freeze accounts or make arrests on foreign soil.

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